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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A liquid hydrocarbon mixture obtained from petroleum.
  • noun A name, first used by Bous-singault, of the liquid portion of asphalt occurring mixed in various proportions with the solid ingredient asphaltene. Both these substances are probably themselves mixtures. See asphaltene.

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